194 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5
PURPORT

The devotees are always eager to see the Supreme Personality of God-
head in His original form, with His smiling lotuslike face. They are not
interested in experiencing the impersonal form. The Lord has both im-
personal and personal features. The impersonalists have no idea of the
personal feature of the Lord, but Lord Brahma and the members of his
disciplic succession want to see the Lord in His personal form. Without a
personal form there can be no question of a smiling face, which is clearly
indicated here by the words sasmitam te mukhambujam. Those who are
in the Vaisnava sampradaya of Brahma always want to see the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. They are eager to realize the Lord’s personal
feature, not the impersonal feature. As clearly stated here, asmat-
karana-gocaram: the personal feature of the Lord can be directly per-
ceived by our senses.

TEXT 46
ded: RSNA SI: BIS HS a fra |
2 e be’
a gfiee vat araierq wale fe eal
tais taih sveccha-bhitai riipaih
kale kale svayarn vibho
karma durvisaham yan no
bhagavams tat karoti hi

taih—by such appearances; taih—by such incarnations; sva-icchda-
bhiitaih—all appearing by Your personal sweet will; raépaih—by factual
forms; kdle kale—in different millenniums; svayam—personally;
vibho—O Supreme; karma—activities; durvisaham—uncommon (un-
able to be enacted by anyone else); yat—that which; nah—unto us;
bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat—that; karoti—
executes; hi—indeed.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, by Your sweet will
You appear in various incarnations, millennium after millennium,
and act wonderfully, performing uncommon activities that would
be impossible for us.
